Cheesecake for Shavuot

By Allison Ofanansky

Subjects: Shavuot, Israel, fiction, Jews, fiction, Wheat, Fiction, Children's fiction, Jews

Description: Students in Israel plant wheat in the fall, watch it grow during the winter, and harvest it in the spring, threshing, winnowing, and grinding it until they have flour which, with cheese from petting zoo goats and strawberries they have grown, will make their Shavuot dessert. Includes a cheesecake recipe.